Howdy Texans!! On this week's episode of of T for Texas, come stay at the Brazoria Hotel with us! The Brazoria Hotel was one of the "finest" hotels in pioneer Texas. The hotel was two square houses about 15 feet apart. There was a huge fireplace at the end. A hole was through the roof to let the smoke out! 30 men occupied one room! Pioneer hotels were very different from modern hotels!!

T for Texas is a short weekly History show, where Dr. T Lindsey Baker takes you on a journey throughout all of Texas’ history one local story at a time.

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Howdy Texans! On this week's episode of T for Texas, hear about how a surveyor was blown away on how good Texas food was! The German surveyor took detailed notes in his journal about the different meals they at while on the road. Buffalo meat was one of the prime dishes they had on their trip. Cooking utensils were very scarce, so everyone had to put their part in to do the washing. You don't want to miss this episode!

T for Texas is a short weekly History show, where Dr. T Lindsey Baker takes you on a journey throughout all of Texas’ history one local story at a time.

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Howdy Texans! On this week's episode of T for Texas listen to how a thriving town went to dust then one man decided he needed to buy the entire town. Manning Texas was the place to get lumber back in the day. It had everything a town in the old west could want. Alas a fire took out the town's sawmill complex, which was the beginning of the end for Manning. People started to leave Manning after a while. It soon became a ghost town. One man, MB Tyere, decide to buy the ghost town, so he could tear down all the building to sell their parts! He made himself quite a bit of money for back in the day!

T for Texas is a short weekly History show, where Dr. T Lindsey Baker takes you on a journey throughout all of Texas’ history one local story at a time.

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Howdy Texans!! This week's tale is about the most famous captive of the Apache and Comanche Indian tribes Herman Laymon. For nine years as a boy he lived with the two Indian tribes. He became a rider in the war parties and fighting alongside the tribes. Herman even raided his very own childhood neighborhood. While out of a party they came across a railroad. The unsuspecting indians were terrified of the oncoming train. After the war party got away they decided to never return again!

T for Texas is a short weekly History show, where Dr. T Lindsey Baker takes you on a journey throughout all of Texas’ history one local story at a time.

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Howdy Texans!! Who doesn't love a shining pair of green cowboy boots? Listen to the story of how a hat maker from Forth Worth came to see these green cowboy boots. Tom and his brother opened up a shoe shining place in downtown Fort Worth. One day a man with GREEN cowboy boots showed up to do a shoe shine. The customer then went up to the gambling house after. A little while later the man was thrown out dead from a gunshot. The brothers were shocked. Who knew things could get so exciting for a shoe shining business?

T for Texas is a short weekly History show, where Dr. T Lindsey Baker takes you on a journey throughout all of Texas’ history one local story at a time.

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Howdy Texans! This week on T for Texas hear a tale about of one of LaSalle's murders. LaSalle was murder by his own men. One of the conspirators was a 16 year old boy! The 16 year old led LaSalle into an ambush were four other soldiers took out the Frenchman. The 16 year old rose up in the ranks after the murder. He lived among the Indians then was taken in by a Spanish soldier. A few years later he was killed by Frenchmen. The irony!

T for Texas is a short weekly History show, where Dr. T Lindsey Baker takes you on a journey throughout all of Texas’ history one local story at a time.

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Howdy Texans! On this week's episode of T for Texas, listen to an eye witness's story of the events that took place at the Alamo. The mayor of San Antonio was there to see everything. Hear about how he had heard the very first gunshots that were fired at the beginning of the siege. Also, he tales the tell about his encounter with General Santa Anna. You don't want to miss this fascinating tell about one of Texas's most famous events in history!

T for Texas is a short weekly History show, where Dr. T Lindsey Baker takes you on a journey throughout all of Texas’ history one local story at a time.

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Howdy Texans! It's the spring season, but here we do not play baseball we play rattlesnake round up! It is just like it sounds like... we round up rattlesnakes. Miss Pauline Howard explains how the rattlesnake round ups work. The very first one took place in Cleburne. Whoever caught the biggest rattlesnake would win the prizes that were being given out! Only in Texas will you find something like this! So now that you know all about the rattlesnake round up... go catch you the biggest one you can find!

T for Texas is a short weekly History show, where Dr. T Lindsey Baker takes you on a journey throughout all of Texas’ history one local story at a time.

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Howdy Texans! Are you afraid of being eaten by the fish in between Houston and Galveston? Well don't worry so was our narrator! He was always afraid of the railroad in between the two cities would go off the rails and they would be throw into the ocean. Everyone laughed at our poor narrator, but you never know what might be lurking in the dark water!

T for Texas is a short weekly History show, where Dr. T Lindsey Baker takes you on a journey throughout all of Texas’ history one local story at a time.

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Howdy Texans! Ladies this episode is for you! Cousin of Stephen F. Austin, Miss Holly let's women know exactly what to bring when traveling to Texas back in the frontier days. In her book, she guides women of all walks of life on what to bring with them on their travels. Women could never bring too many household items on their trip! When traveling to Texas a women should always pack stuff for use!

T for Texas is a short weekly History show, where Dr. T Lindsey Baker takes you on a journey throughout all of Texas’ history one local story at a time.

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